Stephen Sturgess is a Yoga meditation teacher, artist, graphic designer, and author. Six non-fiction books on Yoga and meditation, including two Yoga bestsellers - The Supreme Art and Science of Raja & Kriya Yoga and Yoga Meditation (Everyday Yoga Meditation), have been authored by him, and have been translated into six languages. The 16th-century Italian Renaissance is a subject that Stephen has great interest and passion for. Copies of famous paintings by Italian masters like Titian, Perugino, and Raphael have been painted by him.
His travels to Italy and Turkey inspired him to write this epic historical love story set in Venice and Constantinople.
London is both Stephen’s birthplace and current residence.
The Daughter of the Merchant of Venice is an intriguing love story that follows the romance between an apprentice artist named Stefano D’Alvino and Giustina Boschetti, the daughter of a Venetian merchant. Theirs is a story of love, betrayal, forgiveness, and triumph over adversity, vividly detail...